Those who love flat racing, and there are plenty of us, can only pray that Kingman and Australia take each other on in the English 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday, May 3.

Alan King’s exciting youngster Smad Place could run in the rearranged Coral Future Champions Finale Juvenile Hurdle at Chepstow on Saturday.c

Paul Nicholls called time on Celestial Halo’s novice chasing adventure after the top-class hurdler again proved a disappointment over fences at Newbury.